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D-Link SECURICAM Network DCS-2100G User Manual - Global Settings

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  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    2 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Table of contents table of contents package contents ............................................................................... 6 minimum system requirements .............................................................. 6 introduction ...............

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    3 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Table of contents motion detection ................................................................................... 58 tools ........................................................................................................... 60 admin ...........

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    4 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Table of contents display options ..................................................................................... 93 connection of the dcs-2100g ............................................................... 94 backup settings.......................

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    5 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Table of contents powerful play control tool: .................................................................. 110 convenient display adjustment tool: ................................................... 110 flexible searching range adjustment tool: .....

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    6 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Package contents note: using a power supply with a different voltage than the one included with your product will cause damage and void the warranty for this product. If any of the above items are missing, please contact your reseller. Package contents ...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    7 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Introduction the d-link securicam network dcs-2100g wireless internet camera is a powerful surveillance system that connects wirelessly to your 802.11g network. The dcs-2100g features enhanced 802.11g and connects with a maximum wireless signal rate of ...

  • Page 8: Features and Benefits

    8 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Features and benefits features and benefits supports a variety of platforms:supporting tcp/ip networking, smtp e-mail, http and other internet related protocols, the dcs-2100g internet camera can be integrated easily into other internet/intranet applica...

  • Page 9: Hardware Overview

    9 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Hardware overview hardware overview connections ethernet cable connector the dcs-2100g features an rj-45 connector for connections to 10base-t ethernet cabling or 100base-tx fast ethernet cabling (which should be category 5 utp cable). The port supports...

  • Page 10: Leds

    10 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Hardware overview leds power led the power led is position in the center of the camera below the internet camera lens. As soon as the power adapter is connected to the camera, the power led will flash red and green several times, indicating that the dc...

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    11 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Hardware installation hardware installation connect to a network if you are connecting the dcs-2100g to a wired ethernet network, connect an ethernet cable to the network cable connector located on the internet camera’s bottom panel and attach it to th...

  • Page 12: Installation Wizard

    12 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard installation wizard after you have successfully completed the hardware installation of the dcs-2100g internet camera, it is necessary to install software to configure and operate the camera. The first step is to install the installa...

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    13 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard click installation wizard. Please wait while the installshield wizard prepares to install..

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    14 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard click next. The installshield will install in the following folder. To install into a different folder, click browse and select another folder. Click next..

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    15 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard select the program folder that setup will add program icons to. You may type a new folder name, or select one from the existing folders list. Click next. Please wait while the installation wizard is installed..

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    16 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard to access the installation wizard screen, click on the installation wizard icon on your desktop. The opening installation wizard screen will appear and show a mac address of the dcs-2100g and an ip address. If you have a dhcp* serve...

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    17 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard important: a hardware reset of the internet camera may be required if the installation wizard cannot find the camera. To accomplish this reset, press the reset hole on the back of the camera (see page 129 for the location of the res...

  • Page 18

    18 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard the installation wizard will now show a mac address for the dcs-2100g and an ip address. This ip address may not be correct at this step in the installation until you see “yes” under the assigned column. The camera is now automatica...

  • Page 19

    19 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard after you click on the link to selected devices button, installation wizard will automatically open your internet browser to the ip address of the dcs-2100g in this example it is: http://192.168.0.120. Your dcs-2100g may have a diff...

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    20 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard you have now completed the setup wizard and are ready to use your camera! You can also continue to the section titled “installing ip surveillance software” (page 31) to install the ip surveillance software before you begin to use th...

  • Page 21: Installation Wizard Screen

    21 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard screen installation wizard screen the following options are available on the installation wizard screen by clicking on the corresponding tab: click to search for any available cameras to connect to the network. Click to manually add...

  • Page 22: Setup

    22 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard screen on the initial setup screen you can configure system and date/time settings for each camera. Click next to configure network settings for the camera. Enter a camera name and create a root password for the camera. Enter the da...

  • Page 23: Network Settings

    23 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard screen network settings here users can configure the network settings for the camera. Enter the ip address, subnet mask, default router ip, primary dns, and secondary dns. Automatically, the option to reset ip address at boot select...

  • Page 24: Upgrade

    24 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard screen the upgrade window allows users to upload a saved firmware file. If the firmware is older than that currently on the camera, a screen will appear indicating so and prompting the user to confirm the upload. Upgrade.

  • Page 25: Reset to Default

    25 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Installation wizard screen package information: locate the firmware to upgrade: selected package: this displays information about the firmware and plugin currently installed on the camera. Indicate the location of the firmware to be uploaded to the cam...

  • Page 26

    26 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Enabling upnp for windows xp/me upnp is short for universal plug and play, which is a networking architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment, software, and peripherals. The dcs-2100g is a upnp enabled internet camera. If your op...

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    27 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Enabling upnp for windows xp/me click add/remove windows components. The following screen will appear. Select networking services (communications in windows me). Click details. Select universal plug and play. Click ok..

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    28 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Enabling upnp for windows xp/me please wait while setup configures the components. Click next. Click finish..

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    29 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Enabling upnp for windows xp/me to view your dcs-2100g internet camera in an internet browser, go to your desktop and click my network places. The last three digits (120), represent the fourth octet of your internet camera’s ip address (in this example...

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    30 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Enabling upnp for windows xp/me after you click on the dcs-2100g-120 icon, your internet browser will automatically be opened to the ip address of the dcs-2100g, in this example it is: http:// 192.168.0.120. Your dcs-2100g may have a different ip addre...

  • Page 31

    31 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software real-time monitoring video recording to hard disk high quality video high video compression ratio maximum of 16 cameras with different display layouts smart playback triggered event browsing fast database searching config...

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    32 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software please read the software licensing agreement and click yes if you wish to accept the agreement. Click no to exit the installation. Enter your name and company information and click next..

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    33 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software select the destination directory. Click next. Select the program folder the software will be installed into. Click next..

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    34 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software click finish. The installation is complete. Click next..

  • Page 35: Camera

    35 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Testing the dcs-2100g internet camera testing the dcs-2100g internet camera the window in the center of your browser is the camera image window. You should now see a video image and hear the audio over your computer speakers from the dcs-2100g. If you ...

  • Page 36: Security

    36 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Security to ensure the highest security and prevent unauthorized use of the internet camera, the administrator has the exclusive privilege to access the system administration settings to allow users entry and authorize privileges for all users. The int...

  • Page 37: With A Nat Router

    37 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using & configuring the dcs-2100g with a nat router d-link’s dcs-2100g is a versatile and cost effective internet camera offering both video and audio monitoring. It can also serve as a powerful surveillance system in security applications. The dcs-210...

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    38 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using & configuring the dcs-2100g with a nat router this is the ip address assigned to your camera. Write it down for later use. 192.168.0.101 is only an example. You will probably have a different ip address. Run your internet explorer web browser. In...

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    39 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using & configuring the dcs-2100g with a nat router router set-up and installation the following steps generally apply to any router that you have on your network. The d-link di-624 is used as an example to clarify the configuration process. Configure ...

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    40 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using & configuring the dcs-2100g with a nat router note: because a dynamic wan ip can change from time to time depending on your isp, you may want to obtain a static ip address from your isp. A static ip address is a fixed ip address that will not cha...

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    41 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using & configuring the dcs-2100g with a nat router repeat the above steps adding ports 5001, 5002 and 5003 to both the public and private port sections. A check mark appearing before the entry name will indicate that the ports are enabled. Important: ...

  • Page 42: Viewing Your Camera

    42 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Viewing your camera viewing your camera after all the router settings have been entered correctly, a pc user inside or outside your network will have access to the camera through the internet explorer web browser. To access the camera from the internet...

  • Page 43: Browser

    43 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser open your internet explorer web browser and enter the ip address for your internet camera. In the example, this address is 192.168.0.120. Your address may differ....

  • Page 44: Home Page Screen

    44 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser home page screen the image from the dcs-2100g should be visible from the home page on your computer monitor. Click on the snapshot button to capture a snapshot image. The image will pop up in a new window. T...

  • Page 45: Connection Type

    45 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser media option: protocol option: allows a user to disable audio when viewing video. The udp protocol should be chosen for the most users. Generally, the client computer will automatically try these protocols i...

  • Page 46: Configuration

    46 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser there are 5 tabs across the top of the configuration screen. From each tab, different elements of the dcs-2100g can be configured. The advanced tab is the default screen in configuration and network is the d...

  • Page 47: Network

    47 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser once the dcs-2100g is configured, this box should be unchecked at all times. If the box has been checked and the connection is lost, run the installation wizard to find the camera’s ip address. Necessary for...

  • Page 48

    48 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser improve audio quality in low bandwidth environment: mute: ssid: wireless mode: channel: tx rate: preamble: data encryption: in a low bandwidth network environment you can check this option to improve audio q...

  • Page 49

    49 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser auth mode: open authentication: shared authentication: auto: key type: key format: key index: choose one of the following authorization modes: communicates the key across the network. Allows communication on...

  • Page 50: Mail & Ftp

    50 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser mail & ftp advanced > mail & ftp the domain name or ip address of external mail server. The user name used to log into your e-mail account (e.G. Jdoe or jdoe@yourisp.Com depending on your isp). The password ...

  • Page 51

    51 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser the domain name or ip address of a secondary mail server used only if the primary mail server is unreachable. The user name for the second smtp server. The password used to log into the second e-mail account...

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    52 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser the domain name or ip address of the external ftp server. Note that the 2nd ftp server will only be used if the 1st ftp server is unavailable. If the image upload to the 1st ftp server is successful, no atte...

  • Page 53: Ddns & Upnp

    53 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser dynamic dns (domain name service) is a method of keeping a domain name linked to a changing (dynamic) ip address. With most cable and dsl connections, you are assigned a dynamic ip address and that address i...

  • Page 54: Video

    54 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser enter your username or e-mail used to connect to the ddns server. Enter your password or key used to connect to the ddns server. Upnp is short for universal plug and play, which is a networking architecture ...

  • Page 55

    55 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser power line frequency (for fluorescent light): color: size: maximum frame rate: video quality control: flip: mirror: white balance: select the option for color or monochrome video display. Three options exist...

  • Page 56

    56 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser recommendations for setting video for the best performance: “best performance” means the image refresh rate should be the fastest possible and the video quality should be the best possible at the lowest netw...

  • Page 57: Image Setting

    57 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser image setting advanced > image setting click the image setting button from the configuration screen to access additional settings that affect how the video image appears. From this screen you can fine tune t...

  • Page 58: Motion Detection

    58 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser motion detection advanced > motion detection click the motion detection button from the configuration screen to access settings that affect how the dcs-2100g internet camera can serve as a security device by...

  • Page 59

    59 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser a green bar means the image variation is under the monitoring level, and no motion detection alert is triggered. A red bar means the image variation is over the monitoring level and a motion detected alert i...

  • Page 60: Admin

    60 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser admin tools > admin click on the tools tab to access 4 utility screens for controlling and administering the dcs-2100g. The default screen in tools is the admin screen. The dcs-2100g is manufactured without ...

  • Page 61: System

    61 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser user name is demo. No password is required. This is useful for demonstrations and keeps guests separate from users with accounts. Guest account: system tools > system click on the system button to access the...

  • Page 62

    62 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser synchronize the date and time of dcs-2100g with the local computer. The date and time of the pc is displayed and updated in the dcs-2100g. Adjust the date and time according to what is entered by the adminis...

  • Page 63: Applications

    63 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser click on the applications button to access the applicationssettings from the tools menu. Applications tools > applications select the weekdays that should perform the following operations: set the time to st...

  • Page 64

    64 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser all the time except for the above schedule: if you do not wish to set a schedule, this box must be checked. Sets the time delay before restarting to check the trigger condition when the current condition is ...

  • Page 65: Default

    65 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser send snapshots by ftp: the captured snapshots will upload to the external ftp server with the file name depending on the next option. If the suffix is added, the captured date and time can be easily differen...

  • Page 66: Device Info

    66 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser the device info screen lists the following important settings that are currently set for the dcs-2100g: firmware version number mac address ip address subnet mask default router address primary dns address s...

  • Page 67: Log

    67 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser log status > log click on the log button to access a system log of system activity from the status menu. The content of the log file reveals useful information about the current configuration and connection ...

  • Page 68: Help

    68 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser help click on the help tab to access descriptions of the particular function you need help with. The help screen is organized in the order of the tabs and then each menu item under that tab..

  • Page 69: Record Snapshots to Your Ftp

    69 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Record snapshots to your ftp server with motion detection record snapshots to your ftp server with motion detection administrators can combine options on the application page to perform many useful security applications. There are two trigger sources a...

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    70 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Record snapshots to your ftp server with motion detection in this window, follow the steps below to ensure that motion detection is correctly enabled: 1 check “enable motion detection.” 2 click on “new” to have a new window to monitor video. 3 enter in...

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    71 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Record snapshots to your ftp server with motion detection in this window, enter the settings for the ftp server you wish to record to. Optionally, you can enter settings for a secondary backup ftp server. Local ftp server port: 1st ftp server: 1st ftp ...

  • Page 72

    72 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Record snapshots to your ftp server with motion detection for detailed information about each setting, please refer to configuration > advanced > mail & ftp in the section titled “using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser” (page 50). Click the apply...

  • Page 73

    73 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Record snapshots to your ftp server with motion detection 5 check the window name (in this case back door). 6 check “upload snapshots while motion detected.” 7 click “send snapshots by ftp” and check “ftp put snapshots with date and time suffix” 8 clic...

  • Page 74: Hardware System Requirements

    74 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software using ip surveillance software installing the ip surveillance software before you begin installing this application software, the hardware system requirements must be checked first. The minimum system requirements recomme...

  • Page 75

    75 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software click next. The license agreement window below will appear. Please read the following license agreement carefully. Click yes to accept this agreement and proceed with the installation..

  • Page 76

    76 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software next, the user information window below will appear. This window will prompt you to enter the user name and company name. Enter your user name and company name and then click “next” to continue. You must setup the adminis...

  • Page 77

    77 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software select a program folder to install the application software and then click next, which is shown in the figure below. Select the installation directory for this application software and click next, which is shown in the fi...

  • Page 78

    78 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software after checking all the setup information in the window shown below, click next to start the installation of the application. Click finish, in the window shown below, to finish installation. The program is now installed on...

  • Page 79: Launcher

    79 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software launcher launcher is a controller program that allows users to invoke monitor or playback quickly. System tray icon the launcher icon reflects current state of ip surveillance. The icon in the system tray signifies that t...

  • Page 80: User Interface

    80 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software when launcher is locked, the unlock window will appear, prompting for the user password in order to unlock. The input area of the dialog will be grayed (disabled) for 60 seconds after 3 consecutive failures. User interfac...

  • Page 81

    81 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software exit: contains many utilities. Currently only change password is implemented. The change password dialog looks like this: users can select whether or not to autorun launcher when window boots up. Starts up the monitor pro...

  • Page 82: Monitor Program

    82 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software monitor program features of the monitor program traditional surveillance features: real-time monitoring pan and tilt control recording special features: the digital surveillance system supports not only the features liste...

  • Page 83

    83 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software these include application exit, minimization, full screen monitoring, lock, stop alert, and configuration menu for camera configurations, global settings, scheduler settings and the user information of this application so...

  • Page 84: Logging In

    84 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software you can change the monitoring layout in this area. There are six kinds of layouts: 1, 4, 6, 9, 13, or 16 video display windows in the video area. In this area, you can get the status of the hard disk in which the video da...

  • Page 85: The Admin Privilege

    85 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software the admin privilege in the monitor program, the admin has the right to access the dcs-2100g network camera through this application software and change the local settings as well. But the admin password for the software i...

  • Page 86

    86 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Network configuration this section discusses the local settings for the connection and the functional configuration of each camera. If you are interested in the remote settings for each camera, you can refer to “using the dcs-2100g with an internet bro...

  • Page 87: Insert

    87 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software insert to insert a remote network camera to the camera list. Click the insert button, an “insert new channel” dialog will popup, as shown below. Specify the ip address, port, and admin password of the network camera, clic...

  • Page 88: Delete

    88 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software delete the deletion of a device is a much easier operation than “insertion”. It removes the selected network camera from the camera list. Highlight the camera that you want to delete from the list and click on the delete ...

  • Page 89

    89 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software alert settings specific alert actions can be performed by setting the options in this window. This will trigger an alert sound that has been specified in the section titled “global settings \ alert sound.” check this opti...

  • Page 90

    90 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software press the left mouse button at the gray index field of the camera you would like to move. Move the mouse to your new selected location and release the mouse button. Then video 1 will be moved (to the 12th row in this exam...

  • Page 91: Global Settings

    91 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software global settings after completing the connection to each remote network camera, we need to configure some global settings for all the cameras. These include the video database directory, the usage of the hard disk, and opt...

  • Page 92: Directory Settings

    92 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software snapshot directory: when you turn this setting on, the video database system of this application software will overwrite the oldest data if the specified path has become full. That means it will record video data in a loo...

  • Page 93: Display Options

    93 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software display options in the video displaying frame of each channel, there are two status bars. The upper bar contains “location” (channel number + camera name) and “remote time.” the lower bar contains “connection time” (day:h...

  • Page 94: Backup Settings

    94 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software this is the directory where backup data will be saved. You can select the location by clicking on the folder icon. You can set the size limit of the data that will be backed up. The default size limit is 10mb. The maximum...

  • Page 95

    95 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software the video channel is not connected with any dcs-2100g yet. The green light means the dcs-2100g associated with this channel number is connected, and the video is monitored in the video area. The red light indicates the vi...

  • Page 96

    96 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software show the video of a specified channel this section depicts the method of how to show the video of a specific channel in a display window. Step 1: move the mouse cursor to the camera you would like display in the window. V...

  • Page 97

    97 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software removing video from a display window step 1: move the mouse cursor to the display window that contains the video channel you wish to remove. Step 2: note that the cursor will change to the hand-shape when it has been move...

  • Page 98: The Layout

    98 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software the layout there are six different layouts available, as shown below, for the display windows in the monitor program. You can select between 1 camera, 4 camera, 6, camera, 9 camera, 13 camera, and 16 camera layout. You ca...

  • Page 99: Input/output Control Tools

    99 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software to view an individual camera from the multi-camera layout, double-click on the desired display window. You will see that the size of the display window is the same as the one- channel layout. Clicking the back button in t...

  • Page 100: Alert Message

    100 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software clicking on the “di/do” button shown below, you can switch to the di/do controls. The color of the channel number indicates the status of the camera’s di (digital input). You can click the “switch button” to change the h...

  • Page 101: About

    101 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software if you have checked the box “enable motion detect” or “enable digital input” on the camera configurations > alert settings screen, the alert message will show in the window shown above. Once the alert, caused by motion d...

  • Page 102: Common Control Functions

    102 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software by clicking this button, ip surveillance will be closed with the latest settings saved. Minimize the monitor program. With this function, you can enlarge the selected video channel to a full-screen display. Pres the “esc...

  • Page 103: Status Bar

    103 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software this button will take a snapshot of the selected video channel and then save the picture as a bitmap file to the hard disk. You can set the directory for storing these bitmap files at the “configuration menu > global set...

  • Page 104: Using The Scheduler

    104 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software using the scheduler this section discusses the method of how to use the scheduler. Start the scheduler the scheduler will not be accessible until at least one camera has been added to the camera list. Go to the configura...

  • Page 105: Video Channel Selection Area

    105 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software the video channel selection area provides the ip addresses and location information of the connected video channels for the user’s reference. You can select a video channel in this area and create a schedule for it. The ...

  • Page 106: Primary Schedule

    106 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software primary schedule schedule with time lines there are two different time-lines: hour unit time-line and week unit time-line. You can make your own schedule by plotting markers in all time-lines. These two time lines are as...

  • Page 107: Schedule With Time Picker

    107 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software marking/unmarking the recording time on the hour time-line you can apply the one-click function by clicking the left mouse button and dragging to mark the time on this time-line. The operating method for the hour time-li...

  • Page 108: Schedule In Event Mode

    108 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software checking this will trigger recording while the digital input is high. The technical name for this event is line trigger. Checking this will trigger recording while the digital input is low. The technical name for this ev...

  • Page 109: Schedule Modes

    109 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software this button allows you to load pre-edited schedules from the scheduling directory for the selected video channel. Note that you should save the schedule you are currently working on before loading a new one. Otherwise, t...

  • Page 110: Playback Program

    110 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software this button is used to save the current schedule as another file name instead of the default name. Click on this button to undo all changes for the current schedule since the last save. Click on this button to close the ...

  • Page 111: Layout

    111 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software before you start the playback program, it is necessary for you to log in to the application software. The figure below shows the login dialog. For security concerns, only the admin account can log in to this program. To ...

  • Page 112: Main Areas

    112 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software main areas display area the display area is able to show the surveillance database of each camera by time. You can change the video size through the display adjustment tool and the playback method through the play contro...

  • Page 113: Settings

    113 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software the most important item in the settings dialog is the database location setting. You must set it to the directory that contains the surveillance database to make the program to work properly. This sets the directory wher...

  • Page 114: Normal (Single Frame) Mode

    114 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software modulation mode: the modulation mode cannot be changed. This depends on how you recorded the video sequence in the monitor program. If you select the wrong mode, the video shown in the display area will become distorted....

  • Page 115: Histogram Area

    115 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software histogram area the histogram area in the normal display (single frame) mode only shows the events’ occurred time and the percentage of motion detection with red bars. If you want to access the histogram area, you must ch...

  • Page 116

    116 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software if you select this method, the database will be displayed from the beginning to the end of this location. Any change in the period selector will have no effect except when you change this selector to “time period.” if yo...

  • Page 117: Play Control

    117 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software the supported “play” button is an intelligent play user-interface. The functionality of this button can vary to fit different circumstances. In the normal display mode, clicking on the “play” button can restart the displ...

  • Page 118: Display Adjustment Tool

    118 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software when you click on the “zoom in” button one time, the image size in the display area will be magnified 12.5 percent to the original size. Due to the limitation of the display area size, the maximum zoom in ratio supported...

  • Page 119

    119 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software each time you click on the “zoom in” button in the searching range adjustment toolbox, the displayed time period will be half in the center of the original time period until the period is equal to 10 seconds. You can see...

  • Page 120: System Control Toolbox

    120 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Using ip surveillance software if you are away from your computer, for security reasons, we recommend that you to close the playback program or you can just click on the “lock window” button to lock the main window. Once you click this button, the mai...

  • Page 121: Motion Detection

    121 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Schedule video recording with motion detection schedule video recording with motion detection 1 check “enable motion detection.” 2 click on “new” to have a new window to monitor video. 3 enter in a window name. 4 adjust the “sensitivity” and “percenta...

  • Page 122

    122 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Schedule video recording with motion detection for detailed information about each setting, please refer to configuration > advanced > motion detection in the section titled “using the dcs-2100g with an internet browser” (page 58). Next, run the ip su...

  • Page 123

    123 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Schedule video recording with motion detection click the save button when finished. You have now set a schedule to record video when motion detection is triggered. If you would like to save this configuration, click save as to save this configuration ...

  • Page 124: Frequently Asked Questions

    124 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Frequently asked questions frequently asked questions 5 can the internet camera be used outdoors? The internet camera is not weatherproof. It needs to be equipped with a weatherproof case to be used outdoors and it is not recommended. 1 what is an int...

  • Page 125: Computer?

    125 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Frequently asked questions 6 when physically connecting the internet camera to a network what network cabling is required? The internet camera uses category 5 utp cable allowing 10 base-t and 100 base-t networking. 7 can the internet camera be setup a...

  • Page 126: Externally?

    126 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Frequently asked questions 11 why does the internet camera work locally but not externally? This might be caused by network firewall protection. The firewall may need to have some settings changed in order for the internet camera to be accessible outs...

  • Page 127: Correct It?

    127 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Frequently asked questions 14 the focus on the internet camera is bad, how can i correct it? Adjust the internet camera focus manually as described in adjusting the internet camera focus section (page 130). 15 noisy images occur. How can i solve the p...

  • Page 128: How to Ping Your Ip Address

    128 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Frequently asked questions how to ping your ip address the ping (packet internet groper) command can determine whether a specific ip address is accessible by sending a packet to the specific address and waiting for a reply. It can also provide a very ...

  • Page 129: Reset and Restore

    129 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Reset and restore there is a button hidden in the pinhole beside the ethernet socket. It is used to reset the system or restore the factory default settings. Sometimes resetting the dcs-2100g will return the system back to a normal state. If the syste...

  • Page 130: Adjusting The Camera Focus

    130 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Adjusting the camera focus note: you can further adjust the internet camera’s image quality through the web configuration under: configuration > advanced > video.Please refer to page 54 for further details. To adjust the focus of the lens you will nee...

  • Page 131: Technical Specifications

    131 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Technical specifications technical specifications remote management camera configuration and camera system log can be accessed remotely via internet explorer 5.X or above web browser. Networking protocol tcp/ip, http, smtp, ftp, ntp, dns, dhcp, ddns, ...

  • Page 132

    132 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Technical specifications audio 24kbps 8k sampling rate video resolution up to 30 fps at 160x120 up to 30 fps at 320x240 up to 10 fps at 640x480 security administrator and user group protected password authentication led indicator bi-color status indic...

  • Page 133

    133 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Technical specifications dimension 114.3mm(l) x 72.9mm(w) x 26.9mm(h) (4.5 in. X 2.9 in. X 1.1 in.) viewing system requirement protocol standard tcp/ip internet suite activex operating system microsoft windows xp, 2000, me or 98se browser internet exp...

  • Page 134: Contacting Technical Support

    134 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Contacting technical support contacting technical support you can find software updates and user documentation on the d-link website. D-link provides free technical support for customers within the united states and within canada for the duration of t...

  • Page 135: Time Zone Table

    135 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Time zone table time zone table gmt stands for greenwich mean time, which is the global time that all time zones are measured from..

  • Page 136

    136 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Time zone table.

  • Page 137: Warranty

    137 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Warranty warranty subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, d-link systems, inc. (“d-link”) provides this limited warranty for its product only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from: d-link or its authorized re...

  • Page 138

    138 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Warranty non-applicability of warranty: the limited warranty provided hereunder for hardware and software of d- link’s products will not be applied to and does not cover any refurbished product and any product purchased through the inventory clearance...

  • Page 139

    139 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Warranty disclaimer of other warranties: except for the limited warranty specified herein, the product is provided “as-is” without any warranty of any kind whatsoever including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a partic...

  • Page 140

    140 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Warranty fcc statement: this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a...

  • Page 141: Registration

    141 dcs-2100g user’s manual d-link systems, inc. Registration 12/07/04 registration product registration is entirely voluntary and failure to complete or return this form will not diminish your warranty rights..